can they send a message to hamas to try to deter any further action and i don't know what's going to create that. i'm going to start off the program this morning talking to tom freedman of the "new york times," who better to get some perspective on what this is about and where this is going. >> you really have a big show today too. general petraeus testified behind closed doors about the attack in libya and you're going to be talking with the heads of both intelligence agencies. what are you expecting them to say about his testimony? >> well, i think there's a central question that has to be resolved, which is, is there any contradiction between what was said about the attack by the administration, including the intelligence community, right after the 9-11 attack in libya, and what was said days after on this program and others by the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, who is basically a spokesperson for the administration. i think that becomes a key question about the administration knew and when and what she said about it at a politically charged time, we were so toward the end campaign.